The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-02-23
WHOLE NO. 1853.

be content with less than legal recugni-
tiou and protection in all the States and
Territories. To this END IL gave us the
blood Of Kansas. the Drei scott decision.
the fugitive slave Law and the doctrine of
secession. the legitimate product Of the
Resolutions of l78s. In the light Of the
present il seems incredible thar an intel
ligent AMI =eif-rsSpectins people should
have 50 long tolerated ~ much impu-
dence, iniquity ami humiliation.
Bat at last the end came. Tn ISj3 the
Whis party died, AMI the way vas clear
+ for a new party and better issues. Human
rights had az last attracted attention, and
the battle was on between slavery and
freedom. conHict that vas intensified 90
the highest degree, because is vas wrap
ped Up iu that great vial question Of our
. Governmental right % perperaate our
. Governmental existence.
The lines were quickly and sharply
drawn. aud for the Grst time I'm i American
. po.itics it meant something. both moral
iy and patriotiaally. % be on the one side
VI the other. Thus it was the B-puhE-
can party had its birth It was the con-
scienJious 0utburst Of an iusps at-iou Of
human liberty Il was the response %
the patriotic demand for National ufegri-
ty- II was also the peoples indignant
protest against the stupid imbee.lity that
bad wasted orr resources. neglected our
Development, d-grlIe,i our labor. and de-
str1yed our credit. 10 came into power
pledged 20 rhe preservation Of the Union
a limitation Of the aegraSsion~ OF slavery.
ami the application of sound business
sense 20 the administration Of public af-
fairs. But 1t came 90 find the Govern
ment practically ov-ItbroHn. the Union
substantially dissolved. and the coustitu-
tion and laws openly defed in ou--hllf
. THE country.
rEE PATTY TN rlIE VAR
cannot dwell upon what followed
forrun4teIy g IL Is not necessary I should
DO SO, for it constitutes the most familiar
chapter u American history. Il rs -1rfi-
cient 20 SLY that when this party found
itss.f confronted with the dread aIrern4-
tive Of war OF a dissolution Of tine Union
It dil not hesitate for one moment to do
is duty. hgr. although without army or
navy. without money or credit. il fear
lessly fun. the ra. o. tine breeze and CON
ideu-iy Appealed o. the patriotism 5f
the people and the r=-1urres of the na-
ton II was not Disappointed IN either
Irs eiH f1r troops was answered by the
. grndest army that was ever marshalzd
On this ~ any other continent II put
more than million men into the field
and maintained them there until IN more
{ than three hundred bloody battles Of tae
Republic they shot 70 everlasting death
+ the heresy Of secession and the infamy Of
+ rebellion
To carry on this stuPendous work it
raised and expended more than 5000
o000G0 and accounted for it all 10 the last
dollar with such scrupuloGs honesty and
/ fidelity a. 10 stamp is Civil Service As the
most intelligent. honest and capable that
[ any Government has ever eniov+i since
I civilization began. II struck the shack
is from four millions, IF crio-e I people.
and lifted them out Of the degradation Of
human bondage into the sunlight Of hu-
man liberty and not content with that
. IL went further. and planted him on the
,lme plane Of equaiity with ourselves in
[ the presence Of the constitution and the
. laws And while it was doing this for
Z the colorei man. It was doing something
for the white man. also. Il maie 1t hon
orabie for him % labor and elt MS bread
IN the sweat Of his owu face
. II never had been ~a before. Il enact
ei homestead laws. iudorsed and e-,ab-
iished agriculturaI colleges. provided
sound financial system. secured diversity
If employment, domestic commerce and
IN unexsmFlei prosperity fer the whole
country by the adoption and maintenance
. II that wise and patriotic policy Of pro
. teetiug American ind E-rTie- and Ameri-
can labor. When gr came into power
/ our aggregate wealth was aut slGH0G01.-
I 10o When We went out Of power. II was
7 nearly S50h0000Gn0O In $50 our Gov
erument waserery where regarded AS only
au experiment In lS,4 1t was every
. where regarded as one Of the f-r--t and
strongest ever established by man.
In 1850 We were O nation 1f sections at
fatal war with each other d. to certain
. questions of a radical and vital character.
We hai an irreccncilabls conflict about
slavery. and were bopeles-ly divided as
70 the very theory and form Of our gov
erument We could Hot agree even as 10
eho had made our orglnic IIw-tle
. state, or the peop,e-mucu leSs as 90 it,
construction But when the Republican
. party vent out Of power every suclq que--
ton haI been settled and 50 thoroughly
aui satisfactorily -etr.ei that aH parties
accept the results - inaliues
rHE ~5CTH-
Whom We we're compelled 20 whip
blcs into the Union. clI themselves
New South" 20 e~cap- the 7iium that
attached % the o'd ami thank u- with
F profl~enes- because we did not whip
them. and especially because We destroy
Cd the institution Of slavery.
F And As it i at the south with respect
T % the results of the war. 80. zoo. j. It
throughout the whole country a, 10 every
measure Of national importance adopted
by the Republican party while n power
For each and every one there i only the
most unqualified appreciation in the
heart, and at the hands Of an classes of
people
No matter whether one be a Democrat
or d Republican, he az least enthusiast
cally professes himselfto be in favor Of
the Union and the Constirution-iust
az the Republican party made Il
To such an extent j. this true that r.
all known. the present Democratic Ad-
miuistration at Washington suceeeded 10
power only because II first succeeded in
satisfying enough Of the people Of the
country to put It there that II has no
7 principles or purposes Of is own, and
that il would content itself with faithful
+ adherence 70 ours. And II i only the
simple truth 70 say that it has gained the